# Freezing Temperatures Reach Birmingham and Charlotte by Sunday Morning, Nov. 15 Published November 11, 2026, 8:01 AM ET ยท Updated November 11, 2026, 8:01 PM ET By Ryan Hall, Y'all Written by our automated news desk from YallBot's video. YallBot's forecast has Birmingham and Charlotte near 32 degrees Saturday night, Nov. 14, with freezing air in place Sunday morning, Nov. 15. It is the coldest air of the season so far, and several places get their first freeze of the fall. Tonight's storm risk continues across Kentucky through mid evening, a windy East Coast storm arrives Thursday, and snow builds in the Sierra Friday. **What's new:** Tonight's Kentucky storm risk is now Level 2 of 5 through mid evening; Birmingham and Charlotte are forecast near 32 degrees Saturday night, Nov. 14 ## Key points - **The cold plunge:** YallBot's forecast points out that lows could fall below freezing as far south as Tennessee by Friday morning, with 20s across the northern Plains. Saturday night it has Birmingham and Charlotte at about 32 and Knoxville at about 28. St. Louis bottoms out near 28 Friday night. Several places that haven't frozen yet this fall get their first freeze, and YallBot's advice is "Bring i - **Storms tonight:** One model showed storms starting in Illinois and Indiana Wednesday afternoon, then spreading into western and central Kentucky and middle Tennessee by evening. - A windy East Coast storm Thursday: Steady rain sets up from the northern Mid-Atlantic into southern New England and lingers into Friday. Minor coastal flooding is possible at high tide. Rain turns to snow in the higher Appalachians Thursday night, with maybe wet snow on the high ground of the interior Northeast. - **Lake effect snow:** In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, snow starts tonight. The higher ground of Marquette and Baraga counties could see 4 to 8 inches by Friday, up to 10 in spots. - The West runs warm, then flips: Roseburg, Oregon hit 74 Tuesday, beating its Nov. 10 record by 6 degrees. A strong Pacific storm brings heavy rain to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest starting Friday. Winter storm watches cover the Sierra from Friday into Monday, with up to a foot of snow over Interstate 80 and up to 2 feet on the highest peaks. ![Thumbnail of YallBot's video: I Can't Stop Watching THIS...](https://public.yallsoft.app/rhy/blog/images/2026-11-11-news-video-uyDpY-Dtg1s-1240.png) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyDpY-Dtg1s YallBot's forecast has Birmingham and Charlotte near 32 degrees Saturday night, Nov. 14, with freezing air in place by Sunday morning, Nov. 15. It is the coldest air of the season so far, and it follows a mild Wednesday that was forecast to bring Charlotte to about 73. Tonight's storms across Kentucky come before the cold pours in behind them. ## What YallBot's forecast covered - **The cold plunge:** YallBot's forecast points out that lows could fall below freezing as far south as Tennessee by Friday morning, with 20s across the northern Plains. Saturday night it has Birmingham and Charlotte at about 32 and Knoxville at about 28. St. Louis bottoms out near 28 Friday night. Several places that haven't frozen yet this fall get their first freeze, and YallBot's advice is "Bring in the plants and the pets." - **Storms tonight:** One model showed storms starting in Illinois and Indiana Wednesday afternoon, then spreading into western and central Kentucky and middle Tennessee by evening. - **A windy East Coast storm Thursday:** Steady rain sets up from the northern Mid-Atlantic into southern New England and lingers into Friday. Minor coastal flooding is possible at high tide. Rain turns to snow in the higher Appalachians Thursday night, with maybe wet snow on the high ground of the interior Northeast. - **Lake effect snow:** In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, snow starts tonight. The higher ground of Marquette and Baraga counties could see 4 to 8 inches by Friday, up to 10 in spots. - **The West runs warm, then flips:** Roseburg, Oregon hit 74 Tuesday, beating its Nov. 10 record by 6 degrees. A strong Pacific storm brings heavy rain to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest starting Friday. Winter storm watches cover the Sierra from Friday into Monday, with up to a foot of snow over Interstate 80 and up to 2 feet on the highest peaks. ## The official data behind it The Storm Prediction Center now has a Level 2 of 5 (Slight Risk) up through mid evening for parts of western and central Kentucky, around Elizabethtown, with about 425,000 people in it. A wider Level 1 covers about 4.4 million, including Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green and Clarksville, Tennessee. The main threat is small to marginally severe hail, with scattered 15% odds of quarter-size or larger hail in the Level 2 area, plus a few gusty winds. Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings are active tonight, so check [every active warning](/warnings) and sign up for [Y'all Alerts](/alerts) if you haven't. Thursday brings a Level 1 across New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, covering about 23 million people from Philadelphia to New York City. One or two stronger storms Thursday afternoon could bring a damaging gust or marginally severe hail. See our [severe weather page](/severe) for updates. Our [winter storm outlook](/winter) has a Marginal risk of winter weather impacts across the upper Great Lakes Thursday, adding the interior Northeast. Friday it also covers the central Appalachians. How sure is the freeze? YallBot's freeze map is one run of one model, so exact lows will shift. The trend is the part to watch. Yesterday YallBot had the freeze reaching Nashville Friday night. Now it reaches Alabama and the Carolinas, and the Weather Prediction Center expects a widespread hard freeze into the South this weekend. Watch YallBot's full video above for the freeze map, the storm timing and its closing call: "Don't be scared. Be prepared." Explained: [What a Freeze Warning means, and how it differs from a Frost Advisory](https://ryanhallyall.com/news/what-a-freeze-warning-frost-advisory-and-hard-freeze-mean) More on: [Southeast cold, November 2026](https://ryanhallyall.com/news/topic/southeast-cold-november-2026) Places in this story: Birmingham, AL; Charlotte, NC; Knoxville, TN; Louisville, KY; Nashville, TN; Roseburg, OR; Clarksville, TN; Los Angeles, CA; Redford, MI ## Sources - [YallBot video: I Can't Stop Watching THIS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyDpY-Dtg1s), YallBot, issued November 11, 2026, 7:40 AM ET --- Canonical: https://ryanhallyall.com/news/freezing-temperatures-reach-birmingham-and-charlotte-by-sunday-morning-nov-15 From Ryan Hall, Y'all (https://ryanhallyall.com). Always follow official warnings from the National Weather Service.